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/ 24 November 2006
European aerospace group EADS has postponed until next week a board meeting scheduled for Friday on the future of the Airbus A350 XWB passenger jet programme. The meeting had also been due to discuss possible changes in shareholdings in EADS, said a spokesperson for Lagardere, a French media and technology group.
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/ 24 November 2006
Northern Ireland’s Stormont Parliament buildings were evacuated on Friday after a man threw a package at security staff at the entrance to the building where politicians were meeting to discuss self-rule. The man, identified in media reports as notorious former Loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone, was wrestled to the ground by security staff and the building evacuated.
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/ 24 November 2006
Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of his murder from beyond the grave on Friday, in a statement read out the morning after he died of an unknown poison in a London hospital. ”You may succeed in silencing one man. But a howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, Mr Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life.”
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/ 24 November 2006
The rotting corpses of about 30 men, women and children have been found in mass graves in the strife-torn north-eastern Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a military prosecutor said on Friday. The remains were found on Wednesday in three graves at Bavi, a town about 40km south of the regional capital Bunia.
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/ 24 November 2006
South Africa on Friday signed letters of intent with Guinea to help the West African country revive its transport infrastructure. The signing follows a two-day joint commission headed by Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and her Guinean counterpart, Mamady Conde, in Pretoria.
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/ 24 November 2006
Brett Kebble’s car was placed under a plastic cover and bore the message ”Do Not Touch. Investigation” when it was stored at the premises of Danmar Autobody for nearly a week after the murder of the mining magnate. This is according to the panel-beating company, which denied a report that the vehicle was cleaned on the company’s property within hours of the murder.
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/ 24 November 2006
Lewis Hamilton, a 21-year-old Briton, will become Formula One’s first black driver when he joins world champion Fernando Alonso at McLaren next season. Hamilton, regarded as one of the most talented drivers of his generation, joins the British stable after winning this year’s GP2 series.
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/ 24 November 2006
Protesters against crime called on the government to offer tax deductions for money spent on security in a memorandum handed to a Gauteng safety and security representative in Johannesburg on Friday. Lorraine Maisel, founder of the organisation Angry About Crime, handed the memorandum to Ian Robertson.
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/ 24 November 2006
Tumi Makgetla reviews exhibitions in Gauteng as well as a glossy publication, reflecting the experiences of more than half the population.
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/ 24 November 2006
The footage captured by Theresa Collins and her partner Mocke van Veuren in the video installation, <i>Minutes</i> doesn’t so much objectify its subjects as much as it validates them, writes Kwanele Sosibo.